60th quadrennial U.S. presidential election
The 2024 United States presidential election will be the 60th quadrennial presidential election , set to be held on Tuesday, November 5, 2024.[1] Voters will elect a president and vice president for a term of four years. The incumbent president, Joe Biden , a member of the Democratic Party , is running for re-election .[2] His predecessor, Donald Trump , a member of the Republican Party , is running for re-election for a second, non-consecutive term, after losing to Biden in the 2020 presidential election .[3] If Biden is nominated, this will mark the seventh presidential election rematch,[4] and the first since 1956 .[5] In the run-up to the election, on May 30, 2024, Trump was convicted of 34 felonies related to falsifying business records , becoming the first president to be found guilty of a crime.[6] On July 13, Trump was shot in an assassination attempt at one of his rallies.
The winner of this election is scheduled to be inaugurated on January 20, 2025 . The presidential election will take place at the same time as elections for the U.S. Senate , House , gubernatorial , and state legislatures . Biden and Trump secured a majority of delegates for the Democratic and Republican parties, respectively, on March 12. Biden has not been confirmed at the Democratic National Convention ; Trump was confirmed on July 15.[7] Robert F. Kennedy Jr. emerged as the highest-polling third-party presidential candidate since Ross Perot [8] in the 1992 election , running as an independent .[9] [10] [11]
Leading campaign issues are expected to be abortion ,[12] [13] [14] border security and immigration ,[15] [16] healthcare ,[17] education ,[18] the economy ,[19] foreign policy ,[20] LGBT rights ,[21] climate change ,[22] [23] and democracy .[24] [25]
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^ Kinery, Emma (April 25, 2023). "Biden launches 2024 reelection campaign, promising to fulfill economic policy vision" . CNBC. Archived from the original on April 25, 2023. Retrieved April 25, 2023 .
^ Singman, Brooke (November 7, 2022). "Donald Trump announces 2024 re-election run for president" . Fox News . Archived from the original on November 16, 2022. Retrieved November 16, 2022 .
^ DeSilver, Drew (May 16, 2023). "A Biden-Trump faceoff in 2024 wouldn't be the first presidential rematch" . Pew Research Center . Archived from the original on June 19, 2024. Retrieved July 1, 2024 .
^ Weissert, Will (March 13, 2024). "US has its first presidential rematch since 1956, and other facts about the Biden-Trump sequel" . Associated Press News . Archived from the original on March 13, 2024. Retrieved April 14, 2024 .
^ Protess, Ben; Bromwich, Jonah E.; Haberman, Maggie; Christobek, Kate; McKinley, Jesse (May 30, 2024). "Trump Convicted on All Counts to Become America's First Felon President" . The New York Times . ISSN 0362-4331 . Archived from the original on May 30, 2024. Retrieved May 30, 2024 .
^ Gold, Michael; Nehamas, Nicholas (March 13, 2024). "Donald Trump and Joe Biden Clinch Their Party Nominations" . The New York Times . ISSN 0362-4331 . Archived from the original on March 13, 2024. Retrieved March 13, 2024 .
^ Nuzzi, Olivia (November 22, 2023). "The Mind-Bending Politics of RFK Jr" . Intelligencer . Archived from the original on March 6, 2024. Retrieved March 6, 2024 . The general election is now projected to be a three-way race between Biden, Trump, and their mutual, Kennedy, with a cluster of less popular third-party candidates filling out the constellation.
^ Benson, Samuel (November 2, 2023). "RFK Jr.'s big gamble" . Deseret News . Archived from the original on November 21, 2023. Retrieved November 21, 2023 . Early polls show Kennedy polling in the teens or low 20s
^ Enten, Harry (November 11, 2023). "How RFK Jr. could change the outcome of the 2024 election" . CNN. Archived from the original on November 20, 2023. Retrieved November 21, 2023 .
^ Collins, Eliza (March 26, 2024). "RFK Jr. to Name Nicole Shanahan as Running Mate for Presidential Bid" . The Wall Street Journal . Archived from the original on March 26, 2024. Retrieved March 26, 2024 .
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Edsall, Thomas B. (April 12, 2023). "How The Right Came To Embrace Intrusive Government" . The New York Times . ISSN 0362-4331 . Archived from the original on April 12, 2023. Retrieved April 12, 2023 . Republicans in states across the country are defiantly pushing for the criminalization of abortion — of the procedure, of abortifacient drugs and of those who travel out of state to terminate pregnancy... According to research provided to The Times by the Kaiser Family Foundation, states that have abortion bans at various early stages of pregnancy with no exception for rape or incest include Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia and Wisconsin.
Weisman, Jonathan (April 11, 2023). "Pressured by Their Base on Abortion, Republicans Strain to Find a Way Forward" . The New York Times . ISSN 0362-4331 . Archived from the original on April 11, 2023. Retrieved April 12, 2023 .
Godfrey, Elaine (May 4, 2022). "The GOP's Strange Turn Against Rape Exceptions" . The Atlantic . Archived from the original on May 4, 2022. Retrieved April 7, 2023 .
^ McCammon, Sarah (November 8, 2023). "Abortion rights win big in 2023 elections, again" . NPR . Archived from the original on December 15, 2023. Retrieved December 16, 2023 .
^ "Here's why abortion will be such a big issue for the ballot come November" . NBC . March 11, 2024. Archived from the original on March 11, 2024. Retrieved March 11, 2024 .
^ Sahil, Kapur (April 17, 2024). "7 big issues at stake in the 2024 election" . NBC . Archived from the original on July 3, 2024. Retrieved April 17, 2024 .
^ Arnsdorf, Isaac. "Trump brags about efforts to stymie border talks: 'Please blame it on me' " . The New York Times . Archived from the original on January 28, 2024. Retrieved January 29, 2024 .
^ Colvin, Jill; Miller, Zeke (November 27, 2023). "Trump says he will renew efforts to replace 'Obamacare' if he wins a second term" . Associated Press News . Archived from the original on December 4, 2023. Retrieved December 4, 2023 .
^ Manchester, Julia (January 29, 2023). "Republicans see education as winning issue in 2024" . The Hill . Archived from the original on January 29, 2023. Retrieved July 9, 2023 .
^ Cook, Charlie (March 2, 2023). "Will 2024 Be About the Economy, or the Candidates?" . Cook Political Report . Archived from the original on March 25, 2023. Retrieved March 25, 2023 .
^ Ward, Alexander; Berg, Matt (October 20, 2023). "2024: The foreign policy election?" . Politico . Archived from the original on November 20, 2023. Retrieved November 20, 2023 .
^ "Here's where the 2024 presidential candidates stand on LGBTQ+ issues" . ABC News . Archived from the original on December 6, 2023. Retrieved December 6, 2023 .
^ Gongloff, Mark (January 30, 2024). "The 2024 election just might turn on ... climate change?" . Portland Press Herald . Archived from the original on February 13, 2024. Retrieved February 12, 2024 .
^ Andreoni, Manuela (January 16, 2024). "Climate is on the Ballot Around the World" . The New York Times . Archived from the original on January 16, 2024. Retrieved January 16, 2024 .
^ Fields, Gary; Sanders, Linley (December 15, 2023). "Americans agree that the 2024 election will be pivotal for democracy, but for different reasons" . Associated Press News . Archived from the original on December 16, 2023. Retrieved December 16, 2023 .
^ "Saving democracy is central to Biden's campaign messaging. Will it resonate with swing state voters?" . CBS News. February 18, 2024. Archived from the original on March 13, 2024. Retrieved March 13, 2024 .